Major plans to build more than 900 new homes and a care home in Mansfield could be submitted later this year in a move with the potential to create nearly 400 jobs.

A new hotel, gym, pub and a small supermarket could also form part of the vast development on a 74-acre site at Pleasley Hill Farm, between the A617 and A6191.

Chris Waumsley, head of planning and environment at Freeths, the planning adviser working on behalf of a property group called Helier Limited, said: "The need for new housing is identified through what is called a strategic housing market assessment that the district council carried out.

"That also breaks down the need into categories of sorts of housing.

"The need for more housing is pretty much across the board.

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"You have got the need to meet housing for younger people coming into the market, you have got a need to meet housing for families and you have got a need to meet housing for the growing older population.

"There will be a mixture of housing forms - including affordable housing and as you can see a nursing home and there will probably be an element of retirement housing as part of the scheme.

"That's a little bit further down the line yet. We are still at the broad principle stage. This is called a strategic urban extension.

"So as well as providing housing it is intended and required to provide employment opportunities."

Plans for more than 900 new homes at the Pleasley Hill site could be submitted by the spring time. (Image: Google Street View)

Between 20 and 30 percent of the homes could be affordable - and at least 390 jobs are expected to be created.

Mr Waumsley added: "As part of the package, the development will fund additional educational facilities at secondary school level, transport infrastructure, road improvements, open space and recreation facilities and affordable housing.

"There will be enhancements to local ecology.

"One of the things we've been requested to do is contribute towards improvements to a site of special scientific interest."

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"That planning application will, if you like, coincide with the local plan proposals for Pleasley.

"We're looking to implement the district council's strategic plan in so far as this particular site is concerned."

Martyn Saxton, director of place and wellbeing at Mansfield District Council, said: "The ‘application’ itself is a request for a screening opinion and is not a planning application.

"A screening opinion request is submitted to the council in accordance with the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017, in order to determine whether the submission of an environmental impact assessment will be required to accompany any future planning application for that development."